First of al, the authors not only set forth the characteristics os rural settlement in the dyke areas form system and scale, pattem and distribution, function and the tendency of inhabitants psychoogy and features of economic development.

• 揭示圩区农村聚落的特征、分析其社会传统、居民的心理特征及经济发展特点是编制集镇规划的前期工作。